EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialRecto: Four preliminary design for the 'Vermis Sericus' (Silk-making) print series. Above left: Winding silk. Below left: preparing mulberry leaves. Above right: arranging the leaves on shelves. Below right: feeding the mulberry leaves to the silkworms...
EditorialSericulture, Unwinding Cocoons, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and brown ink on white laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. Verso: Several women are seated at tables on which the silk worm cocoons are place, and are in the pro...
EditorialWilhelm Weimar, plate with the scene Storing the cocoons, glass negative, black and white negative process, total: height: 23.8 cm; width: 17.8 cm, numbered: top left: in black ink: 2624.
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialAnthophora, Print, The bee genus Anthophora is one of the largest in the family Apidae, with over 450 species worldwide in 14 different subgenera. They are most abundant and diverse in the Holarctic and African biogeographic regions. All species are so...
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialTwo men sitting outside a hut drawing out the silk from cocoons, and winding it in spindles by boiling the cocoons in water. c.1820. Watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4982.
EditorialIllustration of Making Cocoons into Silk Floss, no.9, and no. 10, Illustration of Threading the Loom and Starting the Weaving. Date: 1846-1848. Dimensions: 37.8 cm x 25.7 cm.
EditorialPamphila, daughter of Plates, collecting the cocoons of silk-worms from trees, and spinning the silk. De claris mulieribus. Early 15th century. Source: Royal 16 G. V, f.54v. Language: French.
EditorialA miniature of Pamphila collecting cocoons of silk worms from trees and spinning the silk. De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). France, N. (Rouen); c. 1440. Source: Royal 16 G. V, f.54v. Lang...
EditorialTwo men sitting outside a hut drawing out the silk from cocoons, and winding it in spindles by boiling the cocoons in water. c.1820. Watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4982.
EditorialTHE BRAZILIAN SILK WORM EXHIBIT, PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION, 1.?(a) The Moth laying Eggs ; (b) Silk-worm one day old ; (c) Silk-worm three days old ; (d) Silk-worm seven days old. 2 ?Silk-worm Spinning a Cocoon. 3.?Cocoons. 4.?Chrysalis. 5.?Moths emerging...